Category Archives: Commentary

For the last month, I’ve been trying out the site 4thewords.com. It is a site that gamifies writing. You fight monsters, complete quests, and level up based on how many words you write. The monsters are defeated by writing a … Continue reading →

When I was studying computer science, we learned a fair amount of the history of computer science including contributions made by Alan Turing, Bill Gates, and Steve Jobs. There was not a single mention of Ada Lovelace, the first computer programmer. There … Continue reading →

“Meddling Gods” recently received its second honorable mention from Writers of the Future. As I pondered what to do next, the conversation on Twitter has involved a lot of talk around cultural appropriation. Now “Meddling Gods” is a secondary world … Continue reading →

I recently read The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics and was quite impressed with it. As it discusses the lives of the boys who rowed crew, it also discussed … Continue reading →

For the past month, most of my time has gone into editing my cookbook “The Best of The Rice of Life: Over 70 Gluten-free, Dairy-free, and Nut-free Recipes.” (Available now in print on Amazon and Create Space, and as an e-book … Continue reading →

My flash fiction Curelom Riders is now available on Nook and iBooks for free. Recently, I had the chance to go see How to Train Your Dragon 2. This was after I had read commentary bemoaning the fact that Hiccup’s … Continue reading →

Read “Curelom Riders” for free at Mormon Artist or my website. I initially didn’t think I had a story for the 2014 Mormon Lit Blitz when I heard the call for submissions. But when I read William Morris’s steps of How … Continue reading →

As part of #WeNeedDiverseBooks, there is a call to diversify our own bookshelves. And so, I am putting my money where my mouth is and looking for good books where I might not normally look. And really, any excuse to buy … Continue reading →

The book world is currently having a lot of discussion about diversity in literature, specifically how little of it there is. You would think that because The Gods’ Blessings, “Sarimanok Feather”, and “Settling with Sea Serpents” have exactly 0 white … Continue reading →